Hugh Hefner and Quincy Jones announce line up for Playboy Jazz Festival

(26 Feb 2009) SHOTLIST music/video/performance rights must be cleared AP Television Los Angeles, 25 February 2009 1. Wide exterior Playboy mansion 2. Sign: "Playboy Jazz Festival" 3. Various high-school musicians perform 4. Mid Shot "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner and music legend Quincy Jones pose for photographers 5. Cutaway audience 6. Wide shot woman speaking at podium 7. Mid Shot Hefner and Jones in audience 8. Quincy Jones/Music Legend gives speech 9. Mid Shot Alfredo Rodriguez performs at piano 10. Mid Shot musician Kenny G 11. SOUNDBITE (English) Kenny G/Musician: "It's just the most prestigious jazz festival that you hope you get invited to, and, if you do, it's just really special -- to be in the company of Quincy Jones. And Patti Austin is playing. And there's Wayne Shorter. Just these great legends. and to be invited to be part of the thing, it's very special." 12. Mid Shot Hugh Hefner 13. SOUNDBITE (English) Hugh Hefner/"Playboy" Magazine: "It is the way of celebrating our very existence, and 'Playboy' and jazz have been intimately interconnected because of my love of it." 14. Wide Shot Hefner, Jones and musicians pose for photos STORYLINE LINE UP ANNOUNCED FOR PLAYBOY JAZZ FESTIVAL Music legend Quincy Jones joined "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner to announce the line of acts at the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival. Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, the Wayne Shorter Quartet, Kenny G, Patti Austin, King Sunny Ade and The Neville Brothers are among artists set to perform at the festival, scheduled for 13-14 June at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. "It's just the most prestigious jazz festival that you hope you get invited to, and, if you do, it's just really special," said Kenny G, "to be in the company of Quincy Jones. And Patti Austin is playing. And there's Wayne Shorter. Just these great legends. and to be invited to be part of the thing, it's very special." "It is the way of celebrating our very existence," said Hugh Hefner, "and 'Playboy' and jazz have been intimately interconnected because of my love of it." The 2009 festivities mark the 31st consecutive year that the Playboy Jazz Festival will present an entire weekend of jazz at the renowned Hollywood Bowl, including pre-festival community events offered free to the general public throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...